You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth.
10 For [gar] as many as [hosos] are [eisi] of [ek] the works [ergon] of the
law [nomos] are [eisi] under [hupo] the curse: [katara] for [gar] it is written, [grapho] Cursed [epikataratos] is
every one [pas] that [hos] continueth [emmeno] not [ou] in [en] all things [pas] which [ho] are written [grapho] in [en] the book [biblion] of the law [nomos] to do [poieo] them. [autos] KJV-Interlinear
10 For as
many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written,
"Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book
of the law, to perform them." NASB
In quoting Deut. 27:26, here Paul proves that all are cursed, that none can or are able to live by the Law, nor can anyone live by the demands of the Law.
The Law sets forth a life demanding perfection, and since no one is able to comply completely with the Law, then everyone is cursed.
Thus the total depravity of humanity.
All have sinned. All have come short of the glory of God. All have fallen away.
Therefore, works is not an answer, because no one can use works to heal themselves of their own flaws.
There are only two possible ways to achieve perfection. Works is the first way and no one is capable of accomplishing perfection by means of works, therefore works is not an option. Faith is the second option and faith is non-meritorious wherein man claims no credit, man does no work, man can neither earn nor deserve perfection. It is a gift of God, through His grace and by means of faith in believing that which God has provided and accomplished in our behalf.
And by the way, Jesus Christ is the only person in all of history who has lived and fulfilled the Law without a single error.
Faith is the function of committing Gods mandated process for salvation and spiritual growth.
Salvation is by means of believing in Christ, which takes but an instant in time to believe. And spiritual growth is accomplished by means of pursuing a daily bible study by means of instruction, wherein you learn and understand and use and therefore advance productively in your spiritual life toward spiritual maturity.
There is no such thing as working for God, as working for righteousness, as being self-taught or self-accomplished, or self-directed. You cannot be saved nor advance in your spiritual life by doing something that you believe is a better way to commune with God.
If your doing something, is a result of your daily studies, then well and good, because your daily study will direct you in what you should or should not do. And all people are not qualified to do anything until they have had years of study behind them and much wisdom within them.
If your doing things, is a replacement for your daily studies, then you are out of line and under the curse of works. And actually you will be remaining under that curse, simply by turning to works, to accomplish something that you cannot accomplish. And you are the fool for even trying.
So what is the curse? It is eternal condemnation as far as salvation is concerned. Trying to work for salvation is a losing effort, because you are saved only through faith and by no other method. And the curse after salvation means no spiritual growth, assuming that you actually get by that salvation barrier and believe in Christ, and are therefore saved, but then you have your spiritual life to contend with, and that is spiritual growth.
Again works in spiritual growth, is a losing effort since spiritual growth is accomplished again by means of faith, but this faith is the actual obedience to Gods mandates to study, to learn, and utilize real and legitimate spiritual knowledge to accomplish growth.
Anyone who ignores their daily bible study, is by default, relying on works. They believe that they do not need any form of study, or very little study, in order to comply with Gods spiritual apparatus.
When faith is not functional, then works is functional and the curse of spiritual failure is the only result.
